B-There! Anthony Bourdain | Dia de los Muertos | Moss Rock Festival

This edition of B-There features the best of events and destinations in and around the city. From Anthony Bourdain at ASC to The Artist at the Alabama, from an Apocalyptic Pub Crawl to FestivALE at Old Car Heaven — You’ve got an A-List of events to choose from this week! Just mark your calendar and B-There…

Dubbed “the bad boy of cuisine” for his rock-star look and blunt observations about the world of restaurants, chefs and cooking, Anthony Bourdain makes his first visit to the Magic City for an evening filled with eyebrow-raising stories and behind-the-scenes insights. As host of the Travel Channel’s popular shows, “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations” and “The Layover,” he also is the honorary chef-at-large at New York’s famed bistro Les Halles. As an author, Bourdain’s books “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly,” and “Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook” are bestsellers. In all of these roles, he has played a major role in shaping the world of food in America. There will be a VIP post-show party featuring Bourdain-inspired heavy hors d’oeuvres from Bottega Restaurant and Café, complimentary beer and wine, and a meet-and-greet with Bourdain! More details here

All Soul’s Day, Dia de los Muertos, a day of remembrance for the departed, and Alabama’s Day of the Dead Festival is returning for its tenth celebration in the same groovy spot on 1st Avenue South. Birmingham’s Dia de los Muertos Festival is a landmark event that respects the traditions and heart of Mexico’s annual joyous remembrance of lost loved ones while infusing it with Southern memorial elements like Decoration Day and New Orleans jazz funeral processions. Showcasing memorial art and kids activities, the main stage will feature traditional music, dance, and fire performance at this colorful and illuminating event. All attendees are invited to bring personal memorials and mementos to display on public altars. This event gets bigger every year so come early, stay late…remember and rejoice. More details here

Free the Hops presents the 2nd Annual Fall FestivALE featuring seasonal, unique, and rare beers from Alabama breweries plus some out of state surprises. Limited quantities are being brewed or sent to Birmingham exclusively for this event! Get your tickets now as some of the beers will be limited in quantity and availability. Included in the ticket price are six pours in your commemorative keepsake tasting glass. Additional pours are $1 each and can be purchased at the event. Because it’s important that everyone to have fun and be safe, designated drivers get in FREE at this 21 and up event. The Fall FestivALE at Old Car Heaven is perfect to fill the beer celebration void until Magic City Brewfest returns! More details here

A living dead pub crawl and zombie costume contest highlight an evening of local merchants offering great food and Good People Brewery drink specials. Visitors to the area can either join the pub-crawl or watch from their fave patio in the area as the undead lumber by, competing for crowd favorite! Zombies who want to participate in the contest should register in the Hotel Highland lobby bar for $5 between 5:30 and 6:00 PM. As the crowd lurches forward along the crawl route through Cosmos, Jazz Underground, Black Market Bar, The J.Clyde, Mellow Mushroom, Dave’s, 3000, and Bacchus, best-dressed male and female zombies will be picked from the ‘herd’ at each stop. These winners will progress to the Audience Choice final which will crown the overall Zombie winners with a cash prize at the last stop on the crawl. Participate or spectate – it’s all good at the Five Points South Zombie Apocalypse and Pub Crawl Halloween Night! More details here

All week long, experience FREE lunchtime (and happy hour) performances and talks, all in the vein of Anthony Bourdain. Global Fest at the Alys Stephens Center features a week of art, dance, music, lectures and more. Presentations include: The Beauty of Flamenco, The Art of Origami,Healing and Hope in Africa, West African Dance, Sounds of South America, UAB Goes to Antarctica, and The Intersection of Art and Technology. Global Fest will also present a demonstration and discussion by French artist Jean Jacques Gaudel, who will introduce the European art of architectural digital projection, a preview of the ASC’s groundbreaking season closing event, Light Dreams, as well as World Instrument Exploration, a performance and discussion by multi-talented artist Todd Green, who will take the group on a global journey of instruments and music. All events are free with the complete schedule and details for Global Fest at the Alys Stephens web site. More details here

As one of the world’s most dynamic and gifted vocal talents, Peabo Bryson has enjoyed an unprecedented, across-the-board level of international success and also has the distinction of being the first artist in music history to have separate records topping four different charts. Over his four-decade career, the two-time Grammy® winner has amassed a huge fan base, critical acclaim, gold albums, and numerous music awards. From ballads that gracefully continue the legacy of sweet soul music such as “Feel the Fire” and “I’m So Into You” to chart-topping pop hits such as “If Ever You’re in My Arms Again” and “Can You Stop The Rain”, Peabo Bryson is bringing it to Birmingham for a long-awaited evening at the Alys Stephens Center where audiences can hear for themselves why he’s described as one of the “truly best friends a good song could ever have.” More details here

Enjoy Sandestin for the Season!

Guests at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort can celebrate a different kind of warm White Christmas this year with pristine white sand instead of snow at the #1 resort on Florida’s Emerald Coast. Enjoy endless Holiday, Thanksgiving Brunch on the Beach, New Year’s Eve and celebration

events while you indulge in your favorite activities of golf, tennis, biking and so much more. Have the Best Choice in Accommodations when you book early. From the Beach to the Bay, it’s all at Sandestin for your best holiday celebration ever. Need even more reasons to escape for the holidays? Sandestin is making it easy to get away this holiday with its FREE Night offer. Receive a FREE Night with the purchase of two. Book now or call (888) 378-5462 and mention code FREE3.

Rubblebucket has spent the last four years building a reputation as a band that blurs the lines between psychedelic indie rock, upbeat dance, and radiant, left-field arrangements. The Brooklyn, New York ( by way of Boston and Vermont) band has evolved into something that is “utterly post-genre-horns, synth, guitars, harmonies-a smile-inducing point on the tangent that connects Björk and Broken Social Scene”, which is to say that you never know what you’ll see or hear next. Winding up a banner year that brought Rubblebucket to the stages of Bonnaroo (and a surprise guest appearance with Foster the People) they’ve been on the receiving end of love and affection from Paste, Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Wall Street Journal, and Daytrotter as well as a debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Catch their unique vibe at WorkPlay this weekend! More details here

As a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band and in his own storied solo career, Gregg Allman is celebrated as a gifted natural interpreter of the blues. His soulful and distinctive voice is one of the defining sounds in the history of American music. With the Allman Brothers Band, he made an early mark on the music scene for his fresh songwriting chops that ran from bluesy scorcher “Whipping Post” to folk-flavored “Midnight Rider” to tender ballads like “Melissa”. Adding in his phenomenal vocal styling, it was no surprise to fans and audiences when Rolling Stone magazine listed Allman as one of their “100 Greatest Singers of All Time”. Still going strong and still growing songs, Greg Allman’s live show at the Alabama Theater is a grand opportunity to hear one of music’s biggest singer/songwriter legends! More details here

At the Alabama: ‘The Artist‘The Alabama Theatre, 11/8, 7:00 PM

Critically acclaimed film, ‘The Artist’ tells the tale of a silent movie star who meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions. ‘The Artist’ was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won five, including Best Picture, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, and Best Actor for Jean Dujardin, who was the first French actor ever to win for Best Actor. It was the first French film to ever win Best Picture, and the first mainly silent film to win since 1927’s Wings and Sunrise won best picture awards at the 1st Academy Awards in 1929. Don’t miss this opportunity to take watch this masterpiece in the perfect setting of the historic Alabama Theatre! Presented by the Alabama Theatre Junior Board, doors will open one hour before showtime and all proceeds benefit the preservation and restoration of the historic Alabama Theatre and Lyric Theatre.More details here

The Fifth Annual 5-Alarm Gala features guest emcee James Spann, from ABC 33/40, live music by Les Moore & the In-Betweens, and gourmet hors d’oeuvres, buffet and drinks from B&A Warehouse. Live and silent auctions will offer up exclusive jewelry, paintings from local artists, tickets to special events, and a host of gift cards from local retailers and specialty restaurants. Look for once-in-a-lifetime vacation trips plus a host of autographed MLB, NFL, Heisman Trophy Winner, and Grammy Award-Winning Celebrity items to be auctioned off toward the end of the evening’s festivities. This annual fundraiser helps Firehouse Shelter provide homeless services such as transitional and permanent housing, a Safe Haven for men with serious mental illnesses and Firehouse’s street outreach program. More details here

The Alabama Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will recognize the 2012 class of “Birmingham’s Finest” 19 Birmingham young professionals selected as honorees for their outstanding contribution to their profession, community and commitment to CFF. Honorees will compete for the title of “Birmingham’s Finest” all in the name of a good cause, as they have each committed to raising $2,500 to help the Foundation realize its mission of controlling and curing cystic fibrosis. Enjoy food and drink, a live band, dancing and a chance to bid on silent auction items in the swanky surrounds of Old Car Heaven! The evening will conclude with the awarding of the top “Birmingham’s Finest” honoree. More details here

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